Helen Dore photographs

Identifier
irn544802
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.122.3
  • 2023.80
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1942
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn544802

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helen Dore

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Helen Dore in 2014

Scope and Content

Contains two photographs. The first, dated 1942 in Lukow, Poland, depicts members of Reserve Police Battalion 101 publicly humiliating a Jewish man by forcing him to pose in a prayer shawl in a crouching position with his hands up; the other a black and white image of German police and SS officers cutting the sidelocks of the son of a local rabbi; the father and son were reportedly hanged along with eight others soon after; inscription on verso; image dated 1939 - 1940 in Sieradz, Poland.

Subjects

  • Luków (Lublin, Poland)
  • Sieradz (Poland)
  • Humiliation.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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